Tuesday, December 7, 2010

'Alpha' by Amber Lee and the Anomalies

I finally made a pro video with my friends Mark Nichols and Julie Lewis.

And here it is:

It took two very packed days.

We had to find two locations - the cafe scene, and the dog park.

We re-arranged all the furniture in Mark and Julies small 1 bedroom apartment in Echo Park (Los Angeles.)

And I had gigs at night on each of our long days.

Julie came up with the fabulous idea of making the male character that I 'Alpha' a point-of-view character with male hands (which were Mark's.)

It made casting so much easier; we only had to find Jenni the dancer, and Marisol (their neighbor) to be one of the girlfriends.

It was fun watching Mark and Julie work together as a two headed monster - Julie had to hold the camera while Mark had his hands in the shot - but the camera had to be basically in front of his face in order to read as his point of view.

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Amber Lee and the Anomalies’ brand of Neo-Folk-Accordion-Cabaret is helping fuel the fire of the accordion’s resurgence as a sexy instrument! Singer-songwriter Amber Lee Baker creates a window into this world with her well crafted songs, witty lyrics and catchy melodies. A world-traveling musician, she commonly performs as a one woman show with her accordion, loop-pedal, glockenspiel, and odd percussion instruments. Her most recent album ‘Indelible’ includes a full band with drums, bass, cello, harp, various brass and woodwinds, and the occasional guitar.
Amber is Miss February in the 2010 and 2011 Accordion Babes Pin-up Calendar and Compilation CD.